The whole of the Cullen family plus Jacob and Leah were nervously sitting on the plane, expecting to arrive at the Volterra in a little more than an hour. Jacob, Rosalie and Alice were sitting in one row, Edward, Bella and Emmet sat in the row opposite and Carlisle, Esme and Leah were sitting in the row behind Edward. Jacob was sitting next to the window with Rosalie sitting next to him and Alice sitting next to Rose. Jacob was bored and annoying Rosalie was too good to pass up. Edward was murmuring softly to Bella as she looked out the window. Bella was sitting next to the window, Edward in the middle and Emmet on the end.

'Hey leech, tell Emmet I'm not trying to steal his girl.' Jacob thought. Edward leaned forward and looked across the row at Jacob, looking confused.

'Just tell him not to crush me.' Jacob thought with a glance towards Rose, Edward smiled and nudged Emmet in the side with his elbow. Edward nodded in Jacobs direction, Emmet turned and watched. Rosalie had her arm resting on the arm rests. Jacob slowly moved his hand towards hers, Alice started to watch amused, Jacob let his head fall slightly to the side so that his head was just about resting on Rosalie's shoulder. Jacob's hand came to a rest so it was just about on top of Rosalie's hand, Jacob let his head fall the rest of the way so it was on Rosalie's shoulder then he proceeded to snore gently. Rosalie let out a quiet snarl, Emmet and Edward burst out laughing at the look on Rose's face. Alice turned back to face the front, her face impassive. Jacob sat up and looked at Alice.

"Come on, midget, your usually laughing by now." Jacob said. Alice shrugged. Jacob sighed and sat back. Rosalie glared at Emmet.

"Come on, babe, it was just a joke." He laughed. Jacob looked back over the seat and towards Leah, who was curled up into the chair, looking miserable, with Esme's holding her hand tightly. Jacob turned back around and stretched out. The voice over on the plane floated over as the plane began its descent. The plane landed with a jolt and the Cullen's and Co quickly unboarded. They found the cars waiting for them and left quickly for Volterra. Jacob gripped the handle above the door unnaturally hard as Edward sped down the road like a maniac. Alice, Bella and Carlisle seemed at ease with his driving. Jacob looked behind them and saw Emmet driving just as fast, managing to keep up with Edward. The car screeched to a stop. Everyone jumped out of the car. Carlisle grabbed Esme's hand and led her into the shadows; Emmet put his arm around Rosalie's waist and followed Carlisle. Edward stroked Bella's cheek, grabbed her hand and followed after Emmet. Alice sighed and turned towards Jacob and Leah.

"Come on, let's go." She said wearily. They quickly walked and caught up to the rest, who were standing together, waiting. Carlisle turned to Jacob and Leah.

"Stick close to us." Carlisle warned. Jacob nodded. Carlisle turned and looked towards the shadows.

"Hello, Jane." Carlisle greeted. A small girl walked out from the shadows.

"Carlisle, what brings you here?" She asked. Carlisle looked towards his family. Jane looked at Bella and smiled too sweetly. Edward gave a small snarl. Jane's eyes flickered towards Edward.

"Just testing." She said. Carlisle gave a small cough.

"We want to see Aro, Jane." He said impatiently.

Jane shook her head.

"We're just about to eat." Jane said softly, her eyes flickering towards Leah and Jacob. Carlisle inclined his head. Jane smiled at him, Edward growled slightly.

"Calm yourself, Edward." Carlisle murmured gently. Edward pulled Bella closer into his side.

"You're welcome to come back in half an hour or so," Jane said. Carlisle motioned for his family to follow as he turned around, heading back to the cars. Carlisle stopped at the edge of the shade, watching the tourist crowds wander around the in the plaza of the Volterra. The day was over-cast, cloudy. Carlisle turned to his family.

"We'll meet back here in forty minutes," Carlisle said. Jacob frowned.

"We're splitting up?!" He asked incredulously. Edward turned to Jacob.

"Carlisle doesn't us to be dragged around, getting our nerves all worked up, we go our separate ways with our part…" Edward stuttered over the last word when he caught sight of Alice's face. "Separate ways with each other," Edward corrected himself. Jacob glared at him, wide eyed. He turned to argue to the others but Emmet, Rose, Carlisle and Esme were gone. Leah gave Jacob a small smile before running off to catch up to Carlisle and Esme, who had told her that they were going to look around. "Alice, Jacob, are you going to come with Bella and me?" Edward asked. Jacob moaned slightly and Bella slapped him on the back. Jacob's back arched and he let out a low whistle of pain.

"Sheesh, Bella, gently now, I'm breakable." Jacob groaned. Bella covered her mouth with her hands and if she could have blushed she would of.

"I am so sorry, Jacob." Bella whispered. Edward chuckled, Jacob glared at him. Edward wrapped his arm around Bella's waist and pulled her close to him, Jacob walked on Bella's other side and Alice trailed behind. After twenty minutes of wandering around, Jacob's stomach gave a loud growl. Bella laughed.

"I forgot how often you need to eat." Bella said as she looked around for a café. She pointed to a small and empty café. They walked over and sat down, Alice quickly laid her head on her arms as Jacob ordered a ton of food and quickly woofed it down. Edward quickly forked over the cash to the waitress as she began to flirt with him. Edward clapped Jacob hard on the back as he began to choke after scoffing at the sight of the waitress hitting on Edward. Alice looked around at the couples now filling up the café. Edward turned to Alice, his face screwed up in pain as he went through Alice's thoughts.

"Alice?" Edward asked gently. Alice glared at him.

"Stay out of my head, Edward!" She snarled at him before quickly leaving the café. Bella quickly walked after Alice. Edward groaned and leaned back against his seat. Jacob felt bad for Edward, no matter how bad Jacob hated him.

"Tough break, Leech." Jacob said. Edward glared at him. The waitress, now noticing the girls were gone, came gliding back. Without any shame she flirted with Edward.

"Do you, you know, want to go on a…date sometime?" She asked shyly. Edward gave her a smile and held up his hand, his wedding band showing freely.

"Sorry, I'm married." He smiled. The waitress looked disappointed.

"But you look like you're 17!" She exclaimed. Edward laughed.

"I'm 19, actually." He replied, flinching slightly. Jacob stared at him weirdly.

"To whom?" She asked, shamelessly. Jacob gazed at her, wide eyed.

"Her name is Bella, she was the one sitting next to me," Edward said fondly. "Actually she should be back any second, she just ran after my sister." He said looking out through the door. Jacob snickered. The waitress glared at him, she turned her attention back to Edward.

"What was wrong with you sister? She was the pixie looking one, wasn't she?" The waitress asked. Edward winced slightly.

"She isn't feeling so… great, she misses her boyfriend." Edward said, with a glance towards Jacob. The waitress nodded understanding.

"I'm Jessie by the way." She smiled. Edward grinned.

"Well, I'm Edward and this," He said with a punch to Jacob's side. "This is Jacob." Jessie smiled briefly at Jacob.

"So your sisters boyfriend, was it a bad break up?" Jessie asked interested. Edward sighed and shrugged.

"No, not exactly, no it wasn't. He just…had to go away for a while." Edward struggled to find the right words. Jessie nodded thoughtfully.

"So, why are you here?" Jessie asked Jacob, "It seems more like a family thing." Jacob glared at Edward as he chuckled briefly.

"I came to get a friend and take him back home." Jacob muttered. Jessie nodded. Edward's phone buzzed and he answered it quickly.

"Hi, Carlisle," Edward answered. "Yeah, we're just at a café, Jacob just ate forty dollars worth of food in five minutes…Alice ran out and Bella followed her…Is Leah hungry? No, we can meet up at the café before we meet up with Rosalie and Emmet… Okay then, see you." Edward hung up his phone.

"A friend?" Jessie asked. Edward gave a small shrug.

"Adoptive father and mother." Edward answered. Jessie's eyes widened.

"Oh, what happened to your real parents?" She asked gently.

"They died, years ago." Another scoff from Jacob. Edward turned to him.

"Leah's coming with Carlisle and Esme." He said as Alice and Bella walked back in. Bella had Alice's hand tight in hers. Jessie looked back to the counter. They sat down and Jessie continued asking Edward questions.

"So, are you all adopted or is it just you?" She asked. Bella stared at Jessie as she openly flirted with her husband. Edward put his arm back around Bella and sighed contently.

"We're all adopted." Alice answered coldly. Jessie looked surprised.

"How many of you are there?" She asked.

"Five of us." Edward answered with a stern look at Alice. Alice snarled slightly at him. Jessie stared at Alice weirdly. Edward slightly inclined his head, still keeping eye contact with Alice. Bella and Jacob stared at them, annoyed. Edward nodded his head slightly.

"How much longer, I mean, until we meet up with Carlisle and Esme?" Alice asked hoarsely. Edward checked his watch.

"They're coming here, they want to get Leah something to eat and then we are going to meet up with Emmet and Rosalie and then we are going to go see the…uh…friends." Jessie glanced at Edward suspiciously. Carlisle and Esme suddenly breezed through the door, with Leah close behind them. They sat down at a table next to Edward, Bella, Alice and Jacob.

"Get whatever you want, Leah, its okay." Esme said gently. Jessie glanced at the growing crowd and turned to Edward.

"I have to go help out, I'll see you again later…that is if you don't leave but if you do I'll see you another time, maybe." Jessie smiled and left. Bella turned to Edward and Jacob.

"What was that all about?" She asked. Esme turned to Edward.

"Please tell me you were not leading the poor girl on?" Esme begged. Edward smiled.

"No, Esme, I wasn't. I told her I was married." Edward laughed. Edward winced again.

"Though, I really wish she'd stop with the little fantasies." Edward said. Jacob laughed loudly. Leah had finished eating so Carlisle paid the cheque. He stood up and the rest of his family followed suit. As they left Jessie turned to watch them, with a huge major disappointed face. Edward flinched, put his arm around Bella's waist, and walked out of the door shuddering. Bella turned to him.

"Another one of her fantasies just hit you?" Bella teased. They quickly walked back to the Volturi. They stopped at the edge of the darkness and waited for Emmet and Rose to arrive, within 5 minutes they arrived. Everyone walked into the shadows where they found Jane waiting for them.

Seth paced around the room. He felt uneasy.

"It's okay, Seth, calm down." Jasper said, absently rubbing at one of the stinging bites on his arm. Jasper sent out waves of calm. Seth turned to him.

"Would you stop doing that?" Seth asked, slightly annoyed. Jasper blinked, staring at him.

"It's a reflex." Jasper said, standing up. Small footsteps walked past, it was Jane, but, Jasper sniffed the air, she was carrying a weird scent that wasn't hers.

"Alice?" Jasper breathed, moving closer to the door. The door opened and Jane stood by the door. Jasper quickly inhaled the scent. It wasn't just one scent but many mixed together.

"Where are they?" Jasper asked worriedly. Jane smiled.

"Not here, in fact, I still think they are back in Forks," Jasper snarled. Jane rolled her eyes.

"It isn't your family's scents, it's the human's we are about to eat." Jane said, closing the door and leaving. Jasper growled. Seth turned to him.

"Face it; they probably aren't coming because they don't know what to do!" Seth said angrily. Jasper turned to him, glaring at him as though he was insane.

"Jacob and Leah aren't going to come to a vampire full place just to get me." Seth murmured. Jasper sighed and shook his head as feelings of worthlessness emitted out of Seth.

"You're wrong, Seth, they would do anything to help you as would my family." Seth stared at Jasper, his eyes full of water.

"Then where are they?" Jasper shrugged. About thirty minutes later, Jane's little footsteps glided past again.

"I don't know when they are coming, Seth, but they will eventually." Jasper murmured, answering Seth's earlier question.

"Can we see Aro now, Jane?" Carlisle asked politely, even though he was greatly annoyed. Jane nodded and walked away. Carlisle followed, holding onto Esme's hand tightly. Everyone followed Carlisle closely.

"Keep your thoughts to yourself, Felix." Edward growled. A low laugh came out from the shadows. Felix popped out of the shadows and grinned at Edward. Felix turned to Jane.

"Aro wants to see you, Jane." Felix said, Jane nodded and walked ahead. She gracefully leapt down into the hole, Carlisle leapt after her then Esme, Emmet, Rose, Jacob, Leah, Bella, Alice and Edward. Carlisle walked after Jane with Esme by his side. The Cullen's, Jacob and Leah walked closely together as they approached the main room. Edward nodded at the human receptionist who looked surprised to see Edward, Bella and Alice back. Jane opened the doors and walked to Aro's side. Aro looked genuinely surprised to see the Cullen's. Aro stood up and smiled.

"My dear Carlisle. What a surprise to see you here!" Aro said. Carlisle nodded but didn't return the smile. Jacob growled slightly. Aro turned to Jacob.

"You brought a werewolf?" A growl from Leah, Aro turned to look at her. "Two werewolves?" Aro asked. Carlisle glared at Aro.

"I want my sons back, Aro." He said angrily. Aro looked surprised.

"What are you talking about, dear Carlisle?" He asked. Edward snarled.

"You have them, Aro." He growled and Bella squeezed Edwards hand comfortingly. Aro spotted her and smiled.

"Bella, immortality suits you." Aro sighed. Bella gave a cold smile.

"Where's Jasper, Aro?" Alice asked angrily. Aro turned to look at her.

"No idea, maybe he ran off with Maria." Aro said coldly. Leah snarled.

"Where's Seth, then?" She snarled. Aro sighed. He sat back down as Marcus and Caius walked in with Maria. Alice snarled as she was dragged in. Carlisle placed a comforting and restraining hand on her shoulder. Alice turned to Carlisle.

"You know what she did to him." Alice whimpered. Carlisle inclined his head. Aro looked at Maria thoughtfully.

"I've seen what you let her do to Jasper." Alice snarled to Aro.

"What? How? When I've had a blocker against your visions?" Aro asked quietly. Edward looked at him.

"You have a werewolf, Seth, but it's only when Seth is directly involved with what you're planning, that Alice can't see." Edward said. Aro nodded and looked towards Edward, his red eyes flashing dangerously. Edward winced as he read Aro's thoughts.

"Aro, my old friend, let me have my sons back." Carlisle begged of Aro. Aro sighed.

"Felix, Demetri." He said. They both nodded and left the room. A few moments later Felix and Demetri walked back in dragging Jasper and Seth. Alice took in Jasper's appearance as he dragged in. His eyes were topaz still but depressed, new bites covered his arms, he looked paler then usual and his marble chest bare. Felix let Seth go. Seth walked over to Leah and took his older sister into a hug. Jasper's eyes widened as he caught sight of his family. Demetri let him go and Jasper glided straight into Alice's arms. He breathed in deeply, inhaling Alice's sweet scent.

"Jasper," Alice sighed, hugging him tightly. Jasper never wanted to let Alice go again, but he had to, to see the rest of his family. Carlisle was already examining Seth's healed-broken arm and the bites on his other arms, frowning. Jasper found himself in Esme's tight embrace. Maria growled slightly as she watched her ex-major so at ease with this family.

"Bella," Jasper smiled as she hugged him tightly, a hand shake then a tight hug from Edward followed, same for Emmet and a small hug from Rose. Then Carlisle who was smiling, relieved to see his son again. He looked at the new bites on Jasper's arms then took his son in a hug. Jasper went back to Alice and hugged her tightly.

"I've missed you." Jasper murmured into her hair. Alice sobbed tearless sobs as she hugged Jasper tightly. Jasper rocked her back and forth, sending waves of calm through her. Maria watched the scene before her. Carlisle took Esme's hand.

"We'll be leaving peacefully now, Aro." Carlisle said, inclining his head. Aro stood up raising his hands. Demetri, Felix, Jane, Alec and Marcus blocked the door. Maria smiled evilly. Emmet, Edward and Carlisle went into a defensive crouch, protecting their partners. Jacob and Leah were shaking as they snarled at the guards on the door. Jasper held onto Alice tightly, Seth stood by Leah's side.

"What is the meaning of this, Aro?" Carlisle asked. Edward growled.

"He isn't going to let Jasper go." He snarled. Jasper hugged Alice tightly, deeply inhaling her scent. Maria giggled. Aro turned on her.

"Silence! I will deal with you later." Aro threatened. Maria fell silent and glared at Jasper miserably. Emmet held Rosalie behind him, holding onto her right arm with his just to convince himself that she was still there. Edward had Bella wrapped in his arms, her head buried in his shoulder. Carlisle had his arm around Esme's waist, protectively.

"Aro, old friend, just let us all leave." Carlisle begged. Aro shook his head and walked to Jasper's side, Jasper pushed Alice behind him. Aro laid a hand on Jasper's shoulder. Aro gripped Jasper's shoulder and pulled Jasper away from the Cullen's. Alice cried out as Jasper's hands left hers. Esme pulled her daughter close to her. Felix jumped forward and took the snarling Jasper's arm. Aro smiled and released Jasper's shoulder.

"Calm yourself, Jasper." Aro laughed. Demetri grabbed Seth and led him away from his howling sister. Jasper saw Leah and Jacob shaking madly and sent out wave after wave of calm to them, finally they stopped shaking.

"They cannot leave yet, but as soon as young Jasper here joins us, Seth is welcome to leave." Jasper stared at Aro then back to Alice. Jasper was torn, it was either let Seth go back to his family and stay here forever, without seeing Alice, or don't join and he and Seth are kept here for eternity. Jasper moaned quietly as the choices rushed through his head. Aro tutted.

"Why don't you come back another day, once young Jasper has the chance to think?" Aro smiled. Carlisle nodded.

"Yes, we will do that and leave peacefully." Carlisle said slowly. He left and every trudged out after him, with Esme holding Alice who was crying tearlessly.

"Take them back to their room so I can deal with Maria." Aro said after ten minutes. Silently Jasper and Seth were led back to their room, with Jasper trying to figure out how they would both get out of this alive.

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